I live in Sheepshead Bay. Within a 10 minute walk from my house there is Manhattan Beach. The beach itself is rather small being only about 100-200 meters across. There is a playground as well as lots of tables and benches for picnics. It’s pretty popular amongst the locals.
The biggest mystery is why the beach on the south edge of Brooklyn is called Manhattan Beach. There is a wealthy neighborhood full of lavish mansions whose owners never go to the beach itself. Most of the people who actually go to the beach are the Sheepshead Bay race. The existence of the beach nearby forcefully makes us aware of it. On a summer day the beach has a gravitational force to attract all the Russian folk to go and do BBQ there. I think the reason the beach is so popular because local people have a lot of stress going on in their daily lives so they use the beach is a place to relieve it.
I added the last sentence in consideration of people’s “behind the scenes” just like it was done it “Citizen.” It is necessary to consider not only the surface-level stuff, but also stuff that can be unapparent to the eye. Perhaps, in writing it is sometimes good to make guesses like that.
Your sample reminded me of the neighborhood in Brooklyn I live in. I enjoyed reading it just because I live in a very similar neighborhood.